An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristTaylor, John
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An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Taylor, John
Atonement -- Mormon Church; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
From the above it would seem that not only had Enoch written a book,
but that Jude had access to it; or if not had had a communication or
revelation from Enoch, as referred to by Joseph Smith, hereafter, for
we discover that he had a knowledge of the Son of God, the Messiah. It
is true, the Only Begotten, as He is spoken of elsewhere, is not here
mentioned, but only the Lord is referred to; yet the circumstances
connected therewith are indicative of it being that personage; for
Paul expresses the same sentiment in regard to the second coming of
the Messiah, and says:
"And to you, who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall
be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his
power; when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be
admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was
believed) in that day."--2 Thes., i, 7-10.
Moreover, Jesus Himself makes the following remarks concerning the
same subject:
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before
him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats."--Matt.,
xxv, 31, 32.
Thus showing that it was the same personage that was referred to by
Enoch.
Paul, in his epistle to the Hebrews, writes:
"By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was
not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation
he had this testimony, that he pleased God."--Heb., xi, 5.
These declarations are very strongly corroborated by the following
extracts from a revelation given to the Prophet Joseph Smith, relating
to the prophecy of Enoch, and published in the Pearl of Great Price:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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